{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.003","heading":"MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.","body":"Except as otherwise provided by this code, to receive a political party's nomination, a candidate in a primary election must receive a majority of the total number of votes received by all the candidates for the nomination.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"42666e2fc7a329b3d2834bb8b2e9e458e6663e94e16eabf88c404228196b7f61","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}